Verizon Home Monitoring

While watching Hockey Night in Canada last night one commercial (out of what seems like hundreds these days) caught my eye, the Verizon Home Monitoring and Control. If you are a Verizon Fios customer this system lets you control the lights, heat, doors, etc.

It is amazing what electronic type gadgets are available these days if you want to spend the money, $9.95 a month. I have been a Fios customer for the past 3+ years for my Internet, TV, & phone, it's wonderful. It's amazing what they can do over fiber. My former cable TV provided kept taking away channels but not cutting my bill, that is a post for another day.

Yesterday was a very nice warm sunny 67F day for the end of November. Cut the lawn one last time and did a general clean up of the yard which means picking up the leafs. Even had time to put up the Christmas lights outside. My sons soccer season ended last Sunday so this will free up more time this afternoon to play some radio. It looks like another nice day so maybe an outside radio setup in the yard.

I want to take advantage of these warm days before the freezing cold winter is here.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Almost time to watch the Macy's Day Parade.

Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving!

How Not To Fry A Turkey!

With Thanksgiving right around the corner here is William Shatner on how not to burn the house down.

The bird does look yummy coming out of the pot!

Google X

Today's New York Times has an article on the secret lab of Google X.

Located in a undisclosed location in Calf., future projects with cars, robots, space elevators, etc.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/technology/at-google-x-a-top-secret-lab-dreaming-up-the-future.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2

Anything that mentions a secret lab just sounds so cool.

11/11/11

Be sure to check your clocks tonight at 11:11 PM. You will not see this for another 100 years.

Happy Veterans Day & Thank You!

This is a Test of The Emergency Broadcast System!

This Wednesday at 2 PM Eastern time radio and TV stations will stop regular programming and conduct a 60 second test of the national Emergency Alert System. I am sure most of you heard these tests growing up, they go back to 1951.

I did hear the alert system once on the car radio while driving up the NJ Turnpike to North Jersey, it was for a major snow storm due to hit the following day, back in the early ninety's. The car was a Mazda RX-7, loved that car!



Above videos are past tests from WPIX and WCBS TV stations.



These TV tests remind me of simpler times growing up, a handful of TV channels, and great Saturday morning cartoons.

Long Time NYC Marathon Volunteer

Came across an article in my Sunday edition of the Daily News regarding a local NJ ham Steve Mendelsohn. (W2ML)

Steve has been a volunteer for the marathon for 36 years as a Communications Director. This past year he was diagnosed with cancer.

What a great job he has done over the years, the marathon is a real big event, that must require a ton of time.

Click the link below to read the article.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/nyc-marathon-cancer-won-t-radio-volunteer-article-1.972728